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VENDING DEVICE.

N0. 539,121. Patented May 14, 1895'.

WILLIAM DIEBEL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND SAMUEL I. SMITH, OF SAME PLACE.

VEN DING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 539,121, dated May 14, 1895. Appiicaionieanty 3,1894. serai 110.509,886. (No man.)

Beit known that I, WILLIAM DIEBEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vending Devices and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference .being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ot' this specification.

My invention consists of certain improvements in vending devices, and consists of an apparatus which will deliver automatically, when acoin of the proper value is inserted therein, goods to full value-of said coin,.or a check, the purchasing value of which is equal to that of the money placed in the apparatus.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of my device, the front having been removed to better illustrate the mechanism contained within the framework or box.` Fig. 2 is a section on the line fr of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a section on the line yy of Fig` l. Fig. 4 is a det-ached plan view, enlarged, of a portion of my apparatus. Fig. 5 is a section on the line z z of Fig. et looking in the direction indicated by arrows, and Fig. 6 is a side elevation of one of the parts here` inafter fully described. .v

A is a box or casing at one side of ywhich is a metal plate B, having a curved slot h for the reception of a coin, by which the machine 'is operated.

C is a lever, one end of which is placed below the coin slot directly in the path 0f the coin. This lever is pivoted at a point c, the other end of the lever having a projecting portion c', which normally rests in a notch d in the cam wheel D. The cam wheel D is pivoted to a bracket E by means of a rod E. At the outer end of the said rod E is placed a circular disk F which has mounted yupon its face circular disk f secured to the disk F by studs f. The large disk rotates freely upon the rod E and each of the smaller disks have a free independent movement .upon their studs f.

lten between the pins.

Gis a hub, iixedly secured to the rod E', having inserted around its periphery thin blades g. Upon each ofthe disks f, I place a rowfof pins f2. ,These pins come in contact with the blades g when rotating, and cause the .latter to curve forward in order that the pins may pass. The disks will continue to rotate unt-il their momentum is finally checked by the resistance offered by the blades. The blades serve as index fingers when the disks are at rest, pointing to a number which is writrlhe several numbers pointed out by the blades are added together and their sum is compared with figures arl ranged upon a chart by which the purchaser v The device, howmay be told his fortune. ever, may be used for various purposes of amusement as well as the use already referred to.

At the rear of the disk F and connected with it, is a ratchet wheel H, and pivoted to the cam wheel D is a pawl d', which is acted vupon at one end by a spring d10 secured to the cam wheel. The pawl is normally prevented from engaging with the ratchet by the lug I, which bears against the pawl, when in the position shown in Fig. 2.

J is a lever which is manually operated by pressing down the curved portion J of said lever. This lever is pivoted at-j and connected to the cam wheel D by the connecting rod, j. To the rear of the lever J, and secured to the hub of said lever isa wire rod jz, whose oce is to prevent the end of the lever C, which enters the notch in the cam wheel from rising too high and discharging the coin into the box K before the operating lever has been manipulated.

L is a bell operated from the cam wheel D by the lever Z and connecting rod Z.

M is a tube which contains the articles to Vbe delivered. The latter. are placed in said tube at the top, one upon the other until the tube is filled. f

N is a delivery slide, which is relatively of the same thickness as each of the articles to 1' "inn STATES PATENT OFFICE..

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' a channeladapted to containthearticles.tol 6o O, it assumes the position shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 4. lVhile the delivery slide is in this position one of the articles to be delivered drops into the path of said slide and is ejected by the forward motion of said de livery slide. The delivery slide has a` slot n to receive the rod o, projecting from the lever O, and motion is imparted to the lever O`and delivery slide N by the linger d2 which is formed on the cam wheel D.

Then the cam wheel D is operated by pressing down the lever J, it turns on its tulcrum, and brings the finger d2 into contact with the inclined surface of the projection o on lever O and a further movement presses the lever outward and dra-ws the delivery slide in, allowing the articles to drop into the path-of said slide. At this point the lever reaches a detent p in thelever P, and as the said lever l? drops by gravity, thelever O is normal position under the influence of the spring Q, in which position it is locked-in the detentp in the lever P, which prevents the delivery from heilig operated untilthe finger d2 on the camwheel D, has beenlagain caused to operate.

The cam wheelD is brought to theposition shown in Fig. 2 by means of5 a spring R, one end ot which is secured to the lower part` off the cam wheel D, while the other issecured` to the bracket S, which supports the levers OandP.

Motion is imparted to the disksf by the flexible finger T, which consists'of a strip of rubber or other flexible material t placedbetween steel springszff'and-tz. l/Vhen thedisk F is rotated, the disksf arebrought into contact with the iiexible nger'T,which imparts to eachof the latter a rotary motionas they are carried around by the disk; F.

I'Iavingnow described my invention, what I claim, and desiretosecu reby Letters Patent, is

l. In avending device,in combination with a channel, adapted t'olcontain` thearticles to be delivered, a spring controlled lever, adelivery slide carried thereby, ailever having` a detent` adapted to engage said spring controlled lever, a trigger connected with the detent lever, and a wheel having anger adapted to engage said trigger andisaid springcontrolled lever, substantiallyas describedi 2. In a vending device, the combination with be delivered, a spring controlledE lever,.a'de livery slide engaging therewith, a'leverhaving detents adapted to engage said spring cont`1olledleve1',a trigger connected'with the detentlever, of a spring controlled Wheel having; a` projecting iinger` normally upholding said trigger, and meansto revolve saidwheel in opposition to said spring to release said trigger, and bring said linger in engagement with said spring controlled lever, substantially as described.

3. In a vending device, in combination with a spring controlled lever, a slide carried thereby, a wheel having a finger adapted to engage said lever, means to rotate said wheel, to bring said iingerinto engagement with said lever and force it from its normal position, a locking device to lock said lever in the latter position, said linger being in line of travel of said locking device so that when the wheel is returned to its normal position, the finger will withdraw said locking device from the lever and permit the latter to return to its normal position, substantially as described.

4t. In a vendingdevice, incombination with a springcontrolled wheel; means for manually rotat'ingsaid` wheel in opposition to said spring, an independently mounted ratchet Wheel, a pawl' carried by said spring con-A trolledJ wheel adaptedtobe broughtinto engagement-with saidratchet'wheel when said spring controlled wheel is manually operated,` a' main disk carried by said ratchet Wheel, secondarydisks loosely mounted upon saidl main disk near the'periphery thereof and means to automatically rotatethe` secondary disks upon the` rotation of thei primary disk, substantially as described.

5. In a vending-device, in combination with a main'dsk, adapted to berotated, secondary disks loosely mounted upon said main disk near the periphery thereof, a flexible jprojection in line-of travel with said second- `ary disks, whereby, when said main disk is rotated, the secondary disks will be independent-ly rotated, substantially asdescribed. i 6. Inavending device,-in combination with iai channel adapted to contain the articles to ibedelivered, a` spring controlled lever, a de- ;livery slide carried thereby, a lever having ,ldetents adapted to engage said spring controlled lev-er, atrigger connected with the de- 1 tent lever, a spring controlled Wheel, having a lp'rojecting finger normally upholding said ltrigger, means to `rota-te saidwheel in opposiltion to said spring to release said trigger and bring said iinger into en gagemen-t with said spring controlled lever, an independently Qmounted ratchet wheel, a pawl carried by said spring controlled wheel adapted` tobe brought into engagement with said ratchet when said spriugcontrolled wheel is operated, a main disk carried by said ratchet wheel, secondary disks loosely mounted upon said main disk near the periphery thereof, and means to automatically rotate the secondary disks upon the rotation of the pri marydis'k, substantially as described.`

7. In avendingidevicain combination with a cam wheel, a centrally pivoted lever, one end of` which has `a projection adapted to engage said cam wheel, a coin slot terminating near the other end, of said lever, acentrally pivoted operating lever, one end of` which is connected with said cam wheel, a spring con- ICICJ IIO hected with the cam Wheel, a` channel adapted to contain the articles to be delivered, a' spring controlled lever, a delivery slide carried thereby, a lever having detents adapted 5` to engage said spring controlled lever, atrigger connected with the detent lever, a finger projecting from the cam wheel adapted to engage the trigger and the spring controlled lever, an independently mounted ratchet Wheel, a pawl carried by said cam Wheel adapted to be brought into engagement with said ratchet, a main disk carried by said v ratchet wheel, secondary disks loosely mounted upon said main .disk near the periphery thereof, and a flexible connection in line of 15 travel of said secondary disks, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WVM. DEBEL.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL I. SMITH, J. E. CARPENTER. 

